Ocean Water Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Profiles from NOAA Ship in the Pacific, 2010

From April 20 to 30, 2010, the NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE collected water column profiles in the Hawaii EEZ, central North Pacific Ocean, and near Wake Island. The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Cetacean Research Program gathered this Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data opportunistically during a cetacean survey transit from Guam to Oahu. A total of 4 CTD casts were performed, with three reaching 1000 meters and one to 600 meters.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic conditions for cetacean habitat studies based on water column profiles.
• Analyzing vertical temperature and dissolved oxygen gradients in the central North Pacific.
• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature data with in-situ measurements.
• Studying short-term oceanographic variability during a transit across Pacific EEZs.

Strengths

• Data collected by a NOAA research vessel and program, suggesting authoritative collection methods.
• Includes 4 distinct CTD casts with deep profiles (three to 1000m, one to 600m).
• Covers a specific 10-day period and a defined geographic transit route.

Limitations

• Row count, column names, and file formats are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2010-04-30; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) casts from NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE.

Time Range

2010-04-20 to 2010-04-30

Freshness

Last updated 2010-04-30 00:00:00

Geography

Hawaii EEZ, central North Pacific Ocean, Wake EEZ (transit from Guam to Oahu)